connection.go | 2 +-
 dht/server.go | 2 +-

diff --git a/connection.go b/connection.go
index 1d67e9dc197c98c323333155839bd88b1019f9c9..60ebb2326595ecde988052a76265e6a294130fa3 100644
--- a/connection.go
+++ b/connection.go
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ 			}
 			if msg.Port != 0 {
 				pingAddr.Port = int(msg.Port)
 			}
-			cl.dHT.Ping(pingAddr)
+			go cl.dHT.Ping(pingAddr)
 		default:
 			err = fmt.Errorf("received unknown message type: %#v", msg.Type)
 		}
diff --git a/dht/server.go b/dht/server.go
index 74b56cf68964b68a7bab0afc588b50b5a3a293a7..7e9109791091b7b7843df3fe2f00aedb9f47bf45 100644
--- a/dht/server.go
+++ b/dht/server.go
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ 			}
 			if args.ImpliedPort != 0 {
 				p.Port = source.UDPAddr().Port
 			}
-			h(ih, p)
+			go h(ih, p)
 		}
 	case "vote":
 		// TODO(anacrolix): Or reject, I don't think I want this.